Clothes-line support.



A. & W. J. ZELLER.

CLOTHES LlNE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED APR .3. 1917.

1,241,892. Patented Oct. 2, 1917.-

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I have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification. This invention relates toclothes line supports to be used in connection with clothes lines of theendless type. V

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a clothes linesupport adapted to be secured to the outer sill of a window frame, sothat a person using the line will not have to lean out of the window toplace the clothes thereon.

Another object of the invention is the provision of the clothes linesupport of the class described, which can be swung out of the window sothat it does not interfere with the closing of the same.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a means whichallows the swinging member of the support to be swung on its pivot, butwhich at the same time retains the clothes line taut.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a means forlocking the swinging member in any one of its several positions.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a swiveledpulley at the free extremity of the swinging member which accommodatesitself to the various movements of the clothes line.

With these and other objects in view it is thought that the nature,purpose and operation of the device will be clearly understood when thefollowing description and claims are taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing of which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of theclothes line support showing the same applied to a window frame swung toa position inside of the window.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same swung to its inactiveposition.

Referring to the drawings A represents a window frame and B, avertically disposed supporting frame, which is secured to the outer sillof the frame A. The supporting frame B, is provided with the outwardlyextending lugs 10 and 11. The lug'lO, is disposed toward the upper ISpecification of Letters Patent.

swiveled a pulley 23.

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portion of the supporting frame B, and has mounted thereon a circularhorizontally arranged rack 12. A verticallyarranged pivot,

13, extends upwardly from the axial centerof the rack and a similarpivot is provided on the lower lug 11, in the same vertical alinement asthe upperjpivot. 14, designates an arm which is provided with an openingto receive the pivot 13, for horizontal swinging movement. An angularlydisposed brace bar 15, is secured to the underside of the arm 14,approximately at the center of its length and extends downwardly andinwardly toward the lower'lug 11, thelower extremity thereof beingprovided with an opening to receive the upstanding pivot' with which thelug is provided. Secured to V the underside of the arm 14, for slidingmovement through the keepers 16, is a detent or bolt 17, which isadapted to co-act with the series of teeth provided on the periphery onthe rack 12. A Weighted lever 18, is mounted on the arm 14, and extendsdownwardly therefrom; said lever is connected to the detent 17, throughthe medium of a link 19, which moves through a slot in the bar 15.:Extending downwardly from the arm 14, and disposed toward the outer freeend thereof in-close proximity to the lever 18, is a handle 20. A pulley21, is

carried by the upper portion of the supporting frame B, and is adaptedto receive one strand of the clothes line designated by the character 0.The outer free extremity of the arm 14, has secured thereto asubstantially rectangular frame 22, in which is A hook 24c, is providedupon the lug 10, of the supporting frame B, the purpose of which is toreceive the remaining strand of the clothes line.

. In operation of the device,.assuming that the support is in theposition shown in Fig.

2, when it'is desired to hang clothes on the line the lever 18isOperated to disengage the detent from the rack the arm 14, is thenswung to the position shown in Fig. 1 and upon releasing the lever 18,the weight of the same willv cause the detent to engage in one of theteeth of the rack the strand of the line engaged with the hook 24:, isthen released and the device is in a position for receiving the clothesto be hung thereon.

While we have shown and described a siniple and preferred form of ourinvention, we want it understood that we-do not wish to limit ourselvesto the exact detail of construction contained therein, hut reserve theright to modify or substitute elements for those shown which fall Withinthe scope of the appended claim.

What We claim is A clothes line support, comprising, a supporting frame,adapted to be secured to the sill of a Window, an arm pivoted to thesupporting frame for horizontal, radial swinging movement, a rackprovided on said supporting frame, a detent slidably mounted on said armand adapted to co-act with said rack for securing the arm in one of itsseveral radial positions, a eighted lever pivoted to the underside ofsaid arm and connected With the detent to cause the same to normallyco-act With ,the rack, a pulley sWiveled at the outer free extremity ofthe arm, a pulley mounted on the supporting frame to receive one strandof the clothes line, and a hook mounted on the supporting frame andadapted to receive the remaining strand of the clothes line When thearm. is.

swung to an inactive position. v

In test mony whereof We aflix our slgnatures. V

AUGUST ZELLER. WILLIAM J. ZELLER.

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Washington, D. 0.

